Tag Archives: Malware

Britons have started questioning their online privacy rights and the “staggering lack of transparency” regarding the secret online surveillance by the Home Office, which is tracking users’ web browsing history. People lack information about the Internet trial, like what data is collected, how it is used, and what the retention …

McAfee Corp. has released its McAfee Threats Report: April 2021, examining cybercriminal activity related to malware and the evolution of cyber threats in the third and fourth quarters of 2020. In Q4, McAfee Labs observed an average of 648 threats per minute, an increase of 60 threats per minute (10%) …

Every day more than 350,000 new types of malware are unleashed on the Internet. The scale of the problem is so massive, it is no longer enough to have traditional anti-virus software, solely defending against known threats. We spoke to Tom Hext, AI Product Manager at Redstor, about the problem …

A new service from Redstor is designed to assist Microsoft partners in managing and protecting customer data in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365. The AI engine offers an additional layer of protection by detecting malware before it can compromise backup data across global Azure locations in Asia-Pacific, Europe, the United Kingdom, …

WatchGuard Technologies’ latest Internet Security Report reveals that fileless malware and cryptominer attack rates grew by nearly 900% and 25% respectively, while unique ransomware payloads plummeted by 48% in 2020 compared to 2019. The WatchGuard Threat Lab also found that Q4 2020 brought a 41% increase in encrypted malware detections over the previous quarter and network attacks hit their highest levels since 2018. The report includes new insights based on endpoint …

Steve Hicks, Head of Global Sales, BullGuard discusses BullGuard’s Game Booster, a feature of BullGuard Internet Security, which actually boosts system performance for gamers while protecting them The furore that greeted Sony’s withdrawal of the much-touted Cyberpunk 2077 from shop shelves revealed just how mainstream gaming has become. Nine years …

Despite the advancements of anti-malware solutions, malware variants are becoming increasingly prevalent, sophisticated and evolved. In addition, there are new trends in execution such as the increased modularity of malware where a combination of attack methods and mix-and-match tactics are used to ensure maximum damage and/or financial loss. The rise …

Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint predicts how the threat landscape is likely to evolve in the year ahead. This year, business leaders across every sector were challenged with responding to the rapid shift to remote working and emergence of COVID-19 related threats. Now, they have to be ready to adapt and protect …

A new variant of the InterPlanetary Storm malware has infected roughly 13,500 machines across 84 different countries and counting, says email security firm Barracuda Networks in their September Threat Spotlight research. The malware, named InterPlanetary Storm, was initially uncovered in May 2019 as a malicious attack designed to target Windows …

ESET researchers have discovered a previously undocumented trojan malware family that spreads through malicious torrents and that uses multiple tricks to squeeze as many cryptocoins as possible from its victims while staying under the radar. ESET named the threat KryptoCibule, and according to ESET telemetry the malware seems to primarily …